Browse all posts published in June 2026.
284 postsTeachers unions are suing to block Eva Moskowitz’s plan to transfer a Success Academy charter to Strive Charter School, run...
A Commercial District Needs Assessment found that declining foot traffic is among the top pressures facing small businesses on East...
Roughly 500 New Yorkers die annually from heat-related causes, mostly on ordinary hot days between 82-94°F, not heat waves, as...
Bushwick Starr hit its $25,000 fundraising goal for Education and Community programs, funding teaching artist salaries, classroom supplies, and field...
Chipotle will open in Greenpoint later this summer after years of speculation, Greenpointers reports. No address or opening date has...
Starting July 1, 450,000 New Yorkers on the Essential Plan will lose coverage due to federal cuts, hitting Bushwick and...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin finalized a $125.8B NYC budget including $175M for new housing vouchers, not...
Mainchance, East Midtown Manhattan’s only homeless drop-in center, closed permanently after its city contract expired, leaving clients to overcrowded alternatives...
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez visited Bushwick’s P.S. 116 to record a student podcast amid her fight to block $47 million in...
After the Knicks clinched their first NBA title Saturday, Jose Alvarado joined the Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade in...
ICE agents dragged a semi-conscious man from Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, sparking protests and accusations that NYPD violated...
Emanuel Spencer, a 44-year-old Brooklyn father of four, was fatally shot during a Knicks championship block party on Lincoln Road...
An Ice Age boulder known as Arbitration Rock settled the colonial border between Bushwick and Newtown in 1769, was paved...
A 297-unit apartment complex is rising in Bed-Stuy on a nursing home’s parking lot without community input, as the project...
An 18-year-old was lured via Facebook to East New York, shot in the back, and killed; his killer mocked the...
Queens transformed Louis Armstrong Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King Center into a free World Cup fan fest, offering...
Curaçao and Haiti made historic World Cup appearances, but Caribbean New Yorkers in Flatbush and Queens face $460+ tickets at...
As of July 1, 450,000 New Yorkers lost Essential Plan health coverage due to federal HR1 cuts, with no state...
The Take Heart Foundation and Hot Shots Basketball held their inaugural basketball clinic for children with developmental disabilities at PS...
Pacha, the reopened East Williamsburg venue, hired former NYPD Lt. Henry Daverin as head of security despite his record of...
Bushwick voters faced a progressive showdown in the June 23 primary as Claire Valdez and Antonio Reynoso battled for the...
Domino Park in Williamsburg launches its biggest summer yet, with almost all-free events including movies, yoga, live music, and workshops...
NY Attorney General Letitia James won a federal lawsuit striking down the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, protecting 13,000...
An Adams ally identified as Mastro has joined opposition to a Mamdani administration intake shelter; the location and form of...
Former diplomat Chuck Park, who challenged Rep. Grace Meng in New York's 6th Congressional District, hoped a deported 13-year-old would...
NYC's Department of Buildings offered free no-penalty building inspections with expert guidance and no fines from June 1 to July...
Pacha New York has cleared its final permits and will open June 20 in East Williamsburg with a $27 million,...
Mayor Mamdani keynoted the Bronx Economic Development Summit, pledging 200,000 affordable homes, the Block By Block plan, and a city-owned...
West Village Democrat Ryder Kessler is running for New York State Assembly District 66 in a June 23 primary, challenging...
New York City's FARE Act drew more than 2,000 complaints in its first year, with DCWP issuing 74 summonses and...
Mobb Deep rapper Havoc opened cannabis dispensary The Bridge in Astoria on June 6, partnering with Bonita Money of NDICA...
Marty Dolan and Felipe Garcia have both entered the 2026 Democratic primary challenging Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York's 14th...
A Long Island Rail Road train struck and killed a 17-year-old girl on the Massapequa tracks Monday, causing delays on...
Crown Heights baker Sammy Rees is opening Saison at 434 Hancock Street in Bed Stuy, a corner shop offering seasonal...
Diora Teal, 22, of Norwood was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and weapons possession in the fatal shooting of...
Protests continue at Delaney Hall detention center as ICE's 'worst of the worst' label for detainees is contradicted by federal...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a $22 billion housing plan targeting 200,000 new and 200,000 preserved affordable homes in NYC, though...
The Mamdani administration will enter court-supervised negotiations with TENNY this October to reform NYC’s long-contested property tax system, affecting Bushwick,...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani joined 1,000 runners at Fort Tryon Park for the 2K for 2-K event, launching NYC’s first...
Rabbi Ingber of Romemu condemns Mayor Zohran Mamdani for not publicly addressing a violent antisemitic attack on a Jewish woman...
Heavy Knicks wagering during the NBA Finals pushed BetMGM's handle 21 percent above last year, flipping the book's outcome preference...
NY Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar's bill adding ARFID to the state's recognized eating disorders has passed the Legislature and now heads...
NYC officials are demanding answers after the Trump administration quietly named a private consortium to oversee Penn Station's renovation without...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration said NYC public school budgets will not be cut for 2026-2027, keeping funding steady as enrollment...
Amazon-owned grocer signs lease at 1224 Flushing Avenue in Bushwick, bringing full-service grocery to neighborhood flagged by NYC as underserved...
Governor Kathy Hochul announced NY Kicks, a $6 million fund to build community soccer fields and support free programs as...
The MTA's $5.5 billion Interborough Express light rail from Bay Ridge to Jackson Heights is prioritizing tunneling beneath Metropolitan Avenue...
Security cameras captured groups climbing out of NYC sewers in Brooklyn and Queens, sparking police investigation. Experts doubt treasure hunting...
A Bushwick man remains detained after an immigration judge called ICE conduct allegations 'egregious' but declined to dismiss his deportation...
East Williamsburg won $20 million from New York State's Downtown Revitalization Initiative, with strings attached requiring new housing development in...